As an example, Hett (2015) investigated the quality of land investments in two Northern provinces: Luang Prabang and Luang Namtha. The study included 168 land investment projects, 12 of which are in the forest plantation sector, mainly rubber. The results of this study indicate that rubber projects were perceived as predominantly negative. In fact, rubber was the only product in which the majority – four out of five projects - were perceived as being negative. Moreover, none of projects within the tree plantations sector that Hett (2015) studied had applied free and prior informed consent principles.